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The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business announced today that it is introducing a new full-time Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at its Iowa City, Iowa campus. The new program starts in fall 2018. Applications are being accepted as of today on the college’s website.

Ann Campbell, a professor of management sciences in the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, is an expert on transportation logistics, and one of her research focuses is finding more efficient methods for governments, agencies, and businesses to transport relief supplies to disaster areas.

While many mergers are driven by desires to find inefficiencies and thus cut costs through a joint operation, Amrita Nain, associate professor of finance, doesn't think that's a leading factor for why United Technologies wants to merge with Rockwell Collins. She believes acquiring Rockwell Collins would bolster its buying power, offering the conglomerate "a better position to squeeze their suppliers for lower prices." Read more in this Des Moines Register article.

This Des Moines Business Record article is a follow-up to a webinar held on August 30 regarding the phase-out of the Full-time MBA Program in the Tippie College of Business. Dean Sarah Fisher Gardial is quoted.